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Bureau of Indian Education

This article is about the Native American education agency in the United States. For the education agency in the country of India, see Ministry of Education (India).

Bureau of Indian Education

Main Interior Building, where the BIE is headquartered
Agency overview
Formed2006
Preceding agency
  • Office of Indian Education Programs
HeadquartersWashington, D.C., U.S.
Agency executives
  • Tony L. Dearman, Director
  • Sharon Pinto, Deputy Bureau Director
  • Margo DeLaune, Chief Academic Officer
  • Travis Clark, Chief of Staff
Websitebie.edu

The Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) is a division of the U.S. Department of the Interior under the Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs that directs and manages education functions.[1] Formerly known as the Office of Indian Education Programs (OIEP), it is headquartered in the Main Interior Building in Washington, D.C.

The BIE school system has 183 elementary and secondary schools and dormitories located on 64 reservations in 23 states,[2] including seven off-reservation boarding schools, and 122 schools directly controlled by tribes and tribal school boards under contracts or grants with the BIE. The bureau also funds 66 residential programs for students at 52 boarding schools and at 14 dormitories housing those attending nearby tribal or public schools.[1] It is one of two U.S. federal government school systems, along with the Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA).

In the area of post-secondary education, the BIE provides support to 29 tribal colleges and universities across the U.S. serving over 46,000 students.[2] It directly operates two institutions of higher learning: Haskell Indian Nations University (HINU) in Lawrence, Kansas, and Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute (SIPI) near Albuquerque, New Mexico.[3] Additionally, the BIE operates higher education scholarship programs for American Indians and Alaska Natives.[1]

Alden Woods of The Arizona Republic wrote in 2020 that the BIE is "an overlooked and often criticized agency".[4]

  1. ^ a b c "Indian Affairs FAQs". Bureau of Indian Affairs. Retrieved July 25, 2013.
  2. ^ a b "Tribally Controlled Schools | Bureau of Indian Education". www.bie.edu.
  3. ^ "Schools". Bureau of Indian Education. Archived from the original on September 4, 2012. Retrieved August 20, 2012.
  4. ^ Woods, Alden (April 6, 2020). "Did failure to close a school expose more people to the coronavirus in Navajo communities?". The Arizona Republic. Retrieved July 29, 2021. - Alternate link at ProPublica

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